John Stapleton (born 24 February 1946 in Oldham, Lancashire, England) is an English television presenter. He joined the BBC current affairs television series Nationwide in 1975 as a reporter and then became one of the main presenters on the programme from 1977 until 1980. During 1983-1985 he worked at TV-am as a reporter and as a presenter of Good Morning Britain. From 1986 until 1993 he presented the consumer programme Watchdog alongside his wife Lynn Faulds Wood, as well as the live morning talk show The Time, The Place from 1991-1996. He has had surgery to remove benign polyps from his bowel lining He also only has one kidney that functions properly. He currently presents the GMTV newshour every morning from 6 am to 7 am alongside Penny Smith. He presented on the ITV News Channel several times and is one of the recent contributors to the BBC series Grumpy Old Men. He has one son, Nick, who is 20.
External links
- John Stapleton at gm.tv
- John Stapleton at the Internet Movie Database
